AUCTION 31: ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR AND DECORATIONS

A GERMAN BRONZE MEDAL FROM THE 1936 OLYMPIC GAMES

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Start price: $600

Estimated price: $900 - $1,100

Buyer's premium: 27%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

The bronze medal from the XI Olympiad was awarded at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany in 1936. Medal’s obverse bears a relief of the goddess Victory with a winner’s crown in her right hand and a palm leaf in her left, accompanied by the inscription, ‘XI / Olympiad / Berlin / 1936’. The reverse contains a relief of an Olympian carried through a crowd and the Olympic stadium in the background. W/maker at rim B.H. Mayer Pforzheim.

Dimensions: D: 2 1/8 in., ( 5.5 cm.)

Condition: VG.